Description:A very different view to how this area was in 2002. Looking towards Clayton Road, Brook Lane is the road which runs across this photograph, with the Lyme Brook going underneath the bridge that can be seen on the right hand side.
The two railway lines see here are of the Pool Dam Branch railway. The railway was built as an industrial line to connect the Silverdale mines and ironworks with Pool Dam, originally so that the freight could then be transferred to the Newcastle Canal. After the link was made at Newcastle to the North Staffordshire railway, the link with the canal at Pool Dam was of little use and freight travelled directly along the line.